Despite having both Media and Game rooms, the children of this far North Dallas home prefer to hang out with their parents in the Great room. Is it because of the extra comfortable seating? Maybe. Is it because they enjoy their parents’ sparkling wit and wisdom? Perhaps. For me,...

First Apartment
…Well, at least the first paid for with his own salary. This would happen to be my favorite nephew in Tejas.
The apartment had good bones?…Or more specifically, a great window and a greater number than necessary square feet.
This would be a budget makeover. We were cost...

Formals need attention.
Function of the Living Room.
The formal Living Room in this Allen home was “no man’s land”. The piano which does get played, was here ….otherwise, the formal LR was unused. Though there was seating in the Living Room, the Family Room was — and would continue...

Finishing touches: Accessories and color add warmth.
What they had: a beautiful new home in Allen, recently purchased rug and seating, with a TV front and center!
What they wanted? Color! Warmth. Lamps. Art. An inviting feel! Finishing...

Unique international furniture is rearranged in Allen home.
Settling into a new home.
After two years it was becoming apparent that between working and traveling there had not been time — nor would be time — to settle into her new home.
Rearranging.
This was the point at which the home owner...

Rearranging existing furnishings.
What to buy for the grand entry? Maybe nothing. Maybe we use what the Allen client already owns.
Maybe we hire piano movers and move the baby grand piano 12 feet into the entry hall. (It...

Bedding, both elegant and comfortable.
The wife half of this Frisco couple wanted the MBR to be elegant, dramatic…. and comfortable. She did not want satiny, fussy bedding that was clammy to sleep under. Cotton was the fiber of choice. This homeowner wanted the best of both worlds. That...

The color palette — our springboard.
Resource specialist and implementer needed.
The Westlake Home Owner had great ideas about what she wanted. She had a fabulous sense of fashion and style. She was not looking for a “designer” per se, but rather for a resource specialist and...

Before
Update and Build-out.
Blah walls. And more blah walls. This busy Dallas orthodontic practice was ready to brighten things up. The practice was also acquiring adjacent square footage, which necessitated build-out, but a full...

Decorating on a Shoe String, a service for the cost-conscious, has many happy clients in the Dallas metroplex communities of Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, Fairview, Murphy, Heath, North Dallas and Westlake.
The company was founded by Ginny Andrews 15 years ago and has morphed to offer turn-key residential remodeling and commercial design as well as furniture and accessory selection, re-arrangement, custom window treatments and window products.